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Paradoxical bilateral asymmetry in bone size and bone mass in the hand
Author(s) -
Garn Stanley M.,
Mayor Gilbert H.,
Shaw Helen A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330450207
Subject(s) - calipers , anatomy , right handed , medicine , left handed , metacarpal bones , asymmetry , orthodontics , mathematics , geometry , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , neutrino
Among 227 chronic renal disease patients, micrometer caliper radiogrammetric measurements of the second metacarpal at midshaft showed the right metacarpal to be larger (with greater bone area) and with a greater cortical area than the left second metacarpal, both in 208 right‐handed individuals and in 19 left‐handed individuals. This direction of asymmetry was individually characteristic of the majority of individuals, whether right‐handed, left‐handed or ambidextrous.